Funeral set for civil rights icon Frederick D. Reese in Montgomery
F.D. Reese PHOTOS COURTESY OF ALABAMA STATE Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Funeral services to honor the life of civil rights icon Frederick D. Reese …
16 states fight Texas lawsuit targeting health overhaul
PHOTO COURTESY OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. Sixteen Democratic attorneys general pushed back Monday against a Texas lawsuit …
FDA puts restrictions on birth control implant but no recall
FDA Commissioner, Scott Gottlieb PHOTO COURTESY OF UNDARK.ORG By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON – U.S. health officials on Monday placed new restrictions on …
Warning issued for synthetic marijuana laced with rat poison
Synthetic marijuana PHOTO COURTESY OF HEALTHTPS.INFO ALBANY, N.Y. – Officials in New York are warning hospital emergency rooms about a new form of synthetic marijuana …
Apple co-founder protests Facebook crisis by shutting down account
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak PHOTO COURTESY OF HYBRIDCARS.COM SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is shutting down his Facebook account as the social media …
Former wooden cigar factories opening as Ybor City apartments
Arturo fuentes cigar factory, Ybor city PHOTO COURTESY OF PINTEREST TAMPA, Fla. (AP) – Interior walls are still being painted, scaffolding surrounds the exterior, and …
Timeline in the retrial of Bill Cosby’s sexual assault case
Andrea Constand testifies in Bill Cosby Sexual Assault Trial PHOTOS COURTESY OF FEMINIST CURRENT AND TWITTER Opening statements begin Monday in Bill Cosby’s retrial on …
Little progress on civil rights issues
Fifty years after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., American perceptions of progress toward racial equality remain largely divided. PHOTO COURTESY OF HISTORY.COM By …
Teachers acquire a new skill: how to stop the bleeding
Photo Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons By SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press PLEASANT HILL, Iowa (AP) _ As she learned the basics of applying direct pressure, packing …
Kansas lawmakers approve mental health program for students
Photo Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons By MITCHELL WILLETTS Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) _ Kansas legislators have approved a pilot program to team up schools and …